The Columbiad a Poem, in Two Volumes

BARLOW, Joel

Published by C. and A. Conrad and Co, Philadelphia, 1809

About this Item

First edition. Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. 1/2 leather over marbled boards, gilt line at front and back leather end, gilt bands detailing and lettering at spine. Barlow's expanded version of his Vision of Columbus, an epic account of Christopher Columbus's voyage and other European explorations of North America, leading up to the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States before predicting the spread of the federal system and eventual peace among all nations. Wegelin calls this edition one of the finest Specimens of early American bookmaking. Very good, overall wear to book, crack in front cover but intact, wear to all edges of covers, marbled board peeled on back cover at bottom edge, place holder present but missing bottom, bookplate at front paste down from Carnegie Library, library envelope and cards at last free end page, time toned pages with some foxing, closed teat to margin into text at page 258.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Columbiad a Poem, in Two Volumes
• Publisher: C. and A. Conrad and Co, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.